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  • call week: day 2

    Needed this post yesterday: A Mini-Guide to Not Being Frustrated All the Time, from zen habits. (I think I might read it every day this week before work!) ((And post it on my wall.))…

    April 20, 2016
  • Call week! (1/7)

    After a lovely trip to NC and a SAHM-ish day off, I’m headed into a tough week.  Our nanny is away, and I am on call.  My parents have graciously and generously agreed to…

    April 19, 2016
  • Hi / life updates

    Hi!  I had grand plans of posting a lot this month.  Yet here we are, April 14.  A brief update in list/pictorial form: 1) Annabel is 4!  She had a ballet birthday party AND…

    April 14, 2016
  • walking the line: body image, eating & fitness

    Barre class. Chocolate. Lunges. Wine. Oatmeal. Brie. Long run. Kale salad. Fitness tracker. Pizza. —————————————————————————————- Some of the above terms scream indulgence and others evoke thoughts of discipline, perhaps even deprivation. At the ripe…

    April 5, 2016
  • wedding weekend away // BOSTON

    This weekend lived up to expectations, even with my bruised face/black eye.  Lots of time with friends, but also time for rest and rejuvenation.  We had less than 48 hours in Boston, but it…

    April 4, 2016
  • Sometimes things happen

    I didn’t PLAN on smacking my head into a tree when I went for an early AM run this Wednesday, but sometimes things happen.  One minute you are impatiently trying to change your podcast…

    April 1, 2016
  • call, checklists, & cookies

    So after all of that angst the past week . . . I feel relatively caught up now.  And 50493 times calmer.  This is entirely because A&C did a mini-vacay at our nanny’s house…

    March 27, 2016
  • Life Planning & Living Forward

    I am not unhappy.  I am struck with gratitude multiple times a day:  when I look at my healthy children, my family, the beautiful surroundings of where I live. However, I am not feeling…

    March 20, 2016
  • scarcity vs abundance

    Good morning and happy Saturday. I had an exhausting week.  It started out well, but several factors conspired to make things challenging: 1) The Time Change –> bedtime wasn’t as terrible of a struggle…

    March 19, 2016
  • still light at 7

    Both kids are in bed!  I win the time change!! Post-work trip to the playground in daylight! I put both kids to bed ~30 minutes later (on the clock) than their typical bedtime –…

    March 15, 2016